Majid al-Assad

Majid al-Assad (1966-2009) was the fifth child of Hafez al-Assad, and the younger brother of Bashar al-Assad.

Biography
Majid al-Assad was born in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria in 1966, the fifth child of Hafez al-Assad and Anisa Makhlouf. al-Assad was emotionally or mentally challenged, but he managed to become an electrical engineer. al-Assad had no children with his wife Ru'a Ayyoub, and he died in 2009 after a long illness.